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  • INEC Seeks Stakeholders Support to Tackle Vote Buying and Selling

    INEC Seeks Stakeholders Support to Tackle Vote Buying and Selling0

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    • September 15, 2018

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on various stakeholders to support its effort to tackle the rising phenomenon of vote buying and selling which pose a threat to the electoral process. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the call at the WatchingTheVote Election Series II, put together by the Youth Initiative

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  • Buhari Declines Assent to Amended Electoral Act Again

    Buhari Declines Assent to Amended Electoral Act Again0

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    • September 4, 2018

    President Muhammadu Buhari has once again declined his assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 citing some drafting issues in the proposed law. The Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters Senator Ita Enang made the President’s position known while addressing the media in Abuja yesterday. He said he had to give

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  • Sequence of Election: Court of Appeal Okays National Assembly’s Amendment

    Sequence of Election: Court of Appeal Okays National Assembly’s Amendment0

    The last may not have been heard on the proposed National Assembly re-ordering of 2019 election sequence as the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, ruled against the high court judgment that stopped the National Assembly from carrying out the re-ordering. In a unanimous judgment, the full panel of justices held that

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  • Buhari Signs ‘Not Too Young To Run’ Bill Into Law

    Buhari Signs ‘Not Too Young To Run’ Bill Into Law0

    Hope for greater youth participation in politics was brightened yesterday (Thursday) with President Muhammadu Buhari appending his signature to the “Not Too Young To Run Bill” completing the process of making it an Act of the National Assembly. The Bill was signed into law inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, thereby fulfilling

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